[50.01] Recent High Energy Observations of Young Neutron Stars

M.S.E. Roberts (McGill/MIT)

Observations with Chandra, Newton-XMM, and RXTE of young,
isolated neutron stars are increasingly giving insight into
many long standing problems. Recent X-ray observations are
further constraining models of high-energy emission from
young pulsars and are beginning to constrain the neutron
star equation of state. The identification of SGRs and AXPs
as magnetars is becoming firmer, and the dividing line
between these two source classes has been blurred even
further. X-ray imaging and radio pulsation searches continue
to discover new, energetic pulsars providing ready targets
for the next generation of \gamma-ray telescopes.